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The current situation in the music industry is not "ideal for consumers". While Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal et. al. generally all do have the majority of music
by KozmoNau7 8y ago
The current situation in the music industry is not "ideal for consumers".
While Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal et. al. generally all do have the majority of music available, there is still a huge mess of license behind the scenes.
Albums are constantly made unavailable for weeks or even months due to licensing issues. Sometimes a badly done remaster is the only version available, sometimes important albums in an artist's discography are completely absent.
And don't get me started on the sorry state of their curation and tagging. The release date shown for any album is basically useless. Is it the original release date? A re-release? Or just the date the record company supplied it to the streaming service? It completely messes up discographies.
- josteink 8y ago> The current situation in the music industry is not "ideal for consumers". But it’s much better than it used to be, and it’s slowly approaching a healthy market. I can stream most music from most streaming services. I can buy DRM-free albums or songs for almost all artists in a plethora of online stores. “Exclusive releases” does not seem to exist. Compared to the current digital video market, this is pretty much nirvana.
- KozmoNau7 8y agoWe can agree that it's better than the old days of only having physical releases, but ideally all music should be available DRM-free in any format you choose, for you to download and keep. Piracy forced the record companies to finally get in on streaming and downloads. Now it's time for the dinosaurs to finally die, the only reason they still exist is because of nonsense copyright laws, where they hold the rights in perpetuity to the "classics".